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Executive Order 7663 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7663—Enlarging Uinta National Forest

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Saturday, July 17, 1937
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2 min read (397 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1937-07-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Enlarging Uinta National Forest." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 1095, 1103, as amended (U.S.C., Title 16, sec.
▪ 473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the boundaries of the Uinta National Forest in the State of Utah be, and they are hereby, extended to include the following-described lands: SALT LAKE MERIDIAN T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
397
2,053 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
4
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 7663, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 17, 1937). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7663-enlarging-uinta-national-forest.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
UTAH By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891, ch. 561, 26 Stat. 1095, 1103, as amended (U.S.C., Title 16, sec. 471), and the act of June 4, 1897, ch. 2, 30 Stat. 11, 36 (U.S.C., Title 16, sec. 473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the boundaries of the Uinta National Forest in the State of Utah be, and they are hereby, extended to include the following-described lands: SALT LAKE MERIDIAN T. 8 S., R. 3 E., Sec. 12, E½; Sec. 13, E½SW¼; Sec. 26, E½NE¼, SE¼; Sec. 35, N½, E½SW¼, SE¼. T. 9 S., R. 3 E., Sec. 1; Sec. 2, NE¼. T. 8 S., R. 4 E., Secs. 12, 13, 14; Secs. 22 to 27, and secs. 34 to 36, inclusive. T. 9 S., R. 4 E., Secs. 1 to 6, inclusive; Sec. 7, N½, E½SW¼,SE¼; Sec. 8; Sec. 9, N½, N½SW¼,SW¼SW¼; Sec. 10, E½, SE¼SW¼; Secs. 11 to 15, inclusive; Sec. 16, SE¼SW¼, SE¼; Sec. 17,N½N½; Sec. 21, E½,E½W½; Secs. 22 to 24, inclusive; Sec. 25 N½; Sec. 26, N½; Sec. 27, N½; Sec. 28, NE¼, E½NW¼. T. 8 S., R. 5 E., Secs. 7, 18, 19, 30, 31, and 32. T. 9 S., R. 5 E., Secs. 25 to 29, inclusive; Sec. 30, N½, N½S½; Sec. 33, N½; Secs. 34, 35, and 36. T. 10 S., R. 5 E., Sec. 1; Sec. 2, lots 1, 2, 3. T. 9 S., R. 6 E. (unsurveyed), Sec. 30, SW¼, SE¼; Sec. 31; Sec. 32, W½W½. T. 10 S., R. 6 E., Secs. 5 to 12, inclusive; Sec. 13, N½,SE¼. T. 10 S., R. 7 E., Secs. 7 and 18. Aggregating 42,365.41 acres. The reservation made by this order shall, as to all the above-described lands which are at this date legally appropriated under the public-land laws or reserved for any public purposes other than as a stock driveway, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat, legal rights under such appropriations, or prevent the use for such public purposes of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriations are legally maintained or such reservations remain in force; and this reservation supersedes all existing withdrawals and reservations of the above-described lands for stock-driveway purposes. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, July 17, 1937.